Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 30 April 2026
Result
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
Europa League · Thursday 30 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa: match report
Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 30 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest in the 71st minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 6th on 24 points from 14 and Aston Villa 3rd on 33 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest (7.8), level with Omari Hutchinson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 2 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read W-D-W-L-L and Aston Villa's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 71'Penalty goal · Chris Wood
- 78'Yellow card · Youri Tielemans
Head-to-head
Team news
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Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-2)
Stefan Ortega, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Morato, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Nicolás Domínguez, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus, Chris Wood
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins